Journal:
:international archives of health sciences
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j. shakeri “behavioral sciences research center” and “psychiatry department, medicine faculty”, kermanshah university of medical sciences, kermanshah, iran
e. mohamadi psychiatry department, medicine faculty, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
k. valinia psychiatry department, medicine faculty, kermamshah university of medical sciences, kermamshah, iran
m. hakim shooshtari next to mansouri street, niyayesh avenue, sattarkhan avenue, tehran, iran
abstract aims: the reason of selecting self-immolation as a mean to commit suicide is unclear. this study was designed to compare 2 groups of people with and without intention to suicide that had self-immolated. instrument & methods: all 227 self-immolated patients who had been admitted to the burn unit of imam khomeini hospital of kermanshah city, iran, during 2003 to 2004 participated in thi...
